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Dr. Paul Yost speaks with Dr. Brooke Trainer about his life as an anesthesiologist, public servant, advocate, and self-described waterman. Listen in as he shares the best advice he ever received, lessons gleaned from the ocean, concerns about the future of the specialty, tips for engaging successfully with legislators, and more. Recorded August 2023.
This episode is sponsored by GE HealthCare.
A fourth generation Californian, Paul Yost, MD, FASA, currently practices adult and pediatric cardiac anesthesiology at St. Joseph's Hospital of Orange, Children's Hospital of Orange County and does locums anesthesia at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center and Dominican Hospital of Santa Cruz. Dr. Yost received his degree in psychology at Stanford University where he graduated with honors. He earned a medical doctorate degree from Baylor College of Medicine and completed two residencies:pediatrics at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, and anesthesiology at UCLA, Westwood, California.
Dr. Yost is past president of the medical staff at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, past president of the California Society of Anesthesiologists, past president of the Orange County Medical Association, and served as past mayor of the city of Seal Beach. Dr. Yost is also the past chair of CalOptima which oversees all Medicaid funding and care for Orange County. He is the current ASA Director for California as well as the chair of the ASAPAC Board of Directors. His interests include medical mission work, politics, tennis, kitesurfing, and surfing.
Brooke E. Trainer, MD, FASA, remains devoted to her fellow Veterans and maintains her full-time status as an anesthesiologist, acute pain physician, and critical care medicine Intensivist at the Central Virginia VA Health Care System in Richmond VA. She is also an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Virginia Commonwealth University where she works as a critical care intensivist in the liver transplant and surgical trauma burn ICU. Most recently, Dr. Trainer was recognized for her contributions and interest in simulation education and was granted a national faculty position with the VHA Simulation Learning Education and Research Network (SimLEARN) Division.
Dr. Trainer received her doctor of medicine from the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, completed her anesthesia residency at Yale New Haven Medical Center in Connecticut, and fellowship in critical care medicine at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. She is a US Air Force veteran, having served as an anesthesiologist at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany and director for the Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCATT). She deployed in 2012, '13, and '14 to Afghanistan from Germany, flying wounded soldiers safely out of Afghanistan back to Germany, then home to the US. In 2012, she was recognized as the top-level physician of the European Medical Command and was awarded the US Air Force European Clinical Excellence Award. Dr. Trainer also holds several leadership positions in organized medicine, including her current role as the president for the Association of VA Anesthesiologists, and has published numerous book chapters in internationally recognized Anesthesia Textbooks.
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